Apply for the Global Educator Digital Badge!
How prepared are you to foster global awareness in your students or support that in your classrooms or schools?The Global Educator Digital Badge provides an opportunity for educators to focus their professional development on developing their own global context and understanding of how to integrate global education throughout curricula. It also provides the opportunity to build global competency in students.The State Board of Education approved North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB) is available for the following educator categories: Teacher, Teacher Leadership Specialist, Library Media Coordinator, Instructional Technology Facilitator, School Counselor, Career Development Coordinator, School Social Worker, School Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Instructional Central Office Staff, Principal/Assistant Principal, Superintendent. For more information on the Badge (SBE Policy, FAQs, Process Flyer, Implementation Guide, MOA), please visit our website or contact NCGlobalEducation@dpi.nc.gov.
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International Education Week Approaches!
Join us for International Education Week on November 16- 20th!
International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of State is part of the effort to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences.
International Week offers the chance to:
- Expand awareness of and interest in global issues and global learning
- Collaborate with and learn from international student groups
- Gain a new cultural understanding
- Sample a small part of life beyond the shores of America
A variety of IEW activities will be planned by NCDPI to promote International Education Week in North Carolina. Stay tuned for more information as IEW approaches! #IEW2020
International Education Week Celebrations Have Started!
To celebrate International Education Week, we’ll be sharing several Global Education resources several days leading up to #IEW2020 on November 16-20! Miss the resources shared thus far? Listserv messages recapping the resources shared each week will be sent the following Monday.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to start saving and bookmarking past and future resources! Have colleagues interested in receiving #IEW2020 information and other Global Ed updates? Encourage them to sign up for our listserv!
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DPI Forms New Partnership with Regional School District in France
Teachers in North Carolina and France are already benefiting from a new partnership between the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and a French regional school district that aims to foster educational activities to support teaching and learning of the respective languages and cultures.
Under a mutual agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), educators in North Carolina and France will develop a range of joint activities that will also:
- Promote a better knowledge and understanding of both educational systems
- Provide professional growth opportunities to teachers of NC and the Académie de Reims
- Establish collaboration between teachers and encourage their teaming through projects
The new international arrangement with the Académie de Reims in France is part of DPI’s Global Education work that also includes agreements with other partners around the world, including Jiangsu Province in China and the Kingdom of Spain. Read more about this partnership.
If you would like to learn more about how to submit a School Partnership application to the Académie de Reims, please click on one of the registration forms below to attend an informational webinar on Thursday, October 29:
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Professional Learning Opportunities & Resources
Carolina Navigators’ Culture Kit Updates
Fall reservations available from 10/16-11/17. Spring kits are tentatively available 1/26/21-4/23/21. Request a kit today!
CES and the US Europe Alliance Talk | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Talking EU with Gen Z: A Teacher's Perspective
Featuring:
Emily Burrus
World Language and French Teacher, Pisgah High School
Erica Smiley
History and AP Government & Politics Teacher, Tuscola High School
Moderation:
Allison Haskins
Outreach Coordinator, Center for European Studies
Scott Cullinane
Executive Director, US Europe Alliance
Register for this Talk
CLS Scholarships for Summer 2021 | Apply by November 17, 2020
Applications are now being accepted for the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, which is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students to learn languages essential to America’s engagement with the world.
The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. Participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.
Each summer, CLS provides rigorous academic instruction in fifteen languages that are critical to America's national security and economic prosperity, including Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.
CLS participants are citizen ambassadors, sharing American values and promoting American influence abroad.
For more information about the CLS program, how to apply, and eligibility criteria, visit their website.
The application deadline is November 17, 2020, 8:00 PM.
NSLI-Y Scholarships for 2021-2022 | Apply by November 5, 2020
Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Department of State’s National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NCSI-Y) program. Over 670 U.S. high school students will be selected to study a critical language in the summer of 2021 or in the 2021-22 academic year. Scholarships cover travel, intensive language learning through a study abroad experience, cultural activities, and housing, including time living with a host family. Applicants may choose to study Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian, or Turkish.
For more information about the NSLI-Y program, how to apply, and eligibility criteria, visit their website.
The application deadline is November 5, 2020, 4:00 PM.
World Language Teachers: Apply for your students to participate in the 2020 Virtual Learning through Languages Symposium!
The Learning Through Languages High School Research Symposium is a unique way for North Carolina world language students to conduct research in their language of study. Eligible students include ARABIC, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian or Spanish students, including heritage speakers. Participating students are encouraged to be at Level III or higher. This year’s program is ALL VIRTUAL! In teams of 1-3, students will create a summative briefing on one of three optional topics, focusing on one world region (Social Justice, COVID-19 Impact, Sustainability & the Environment). This is a GREAT opportunity for your students to have extra language practice, develop research and digital literacy skills, and get feedback from university judges! AND since this is virtual, easier for students from further distances to participate. For the application and a lot more information, visit their website.
Application deadline is Friday, October 16, 2020 .
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